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Meaning of 'graceless' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Graceless [ a.]
- Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt.
- Unfortunate. Cf. Grace, n., 4.

Meaning of 'graceless' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . graceless [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lacking grace; clumsy
Example in sentence:
  • a graceless production of the play;
  • his stature low...his bearing ungraceful
Meaning (2):
- lacking graciousness
Example in sentence:
  • a totally graceless hostess
Meaning (3):
- lacking social polish
Example in sentence:
  • their excellent manners always made me feel gauche;
  • too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate

Nearby Words:

graafian graal graaper grab grabbed grabber grabbing grabble grabbled grabbling

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